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Humpback whale diets respond to variance in ocean climate and ecosystem conditions in the California Current
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2015
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Source: Global Change Biology, 22(3), 1214-1224
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Journal Title:Global Change Biology
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Description:Large, migratory predators are often cited as sentinel species for ecosystem processes and climate-related changes, but their utility as indicators is dependent upon an understanding of their response to environmental variability. Documentation of the links between climate variability, ecosystem change and predator dynamics is absent for most top predators. Identifying species that may be useful indicators and elucidating these mechanistic links provides insight into current ecological dynamics and may inform predictions of future ecosystem responses to climatic change. We examine humpback whale response to environmental variability through stable isotope analysis of diet
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Source:Global Change Biology, 22(3), 1214-1224
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ISSN:1354-1013
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Rights Information:CC0 Public Domain
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Rights Statement:This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.
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